How does it feel to be an influencer?

If you don’t think of yourself as an influencer, you’re not alone. Most people don’t consider themselves influencers.

But you are.

Or, perhaps more specifically, you’re an influencer and a gatekeeper for other influencers.

First let me address your role as a gatekeeper for other influencers.

You might not be aware that there’s an active campaign to influence you at all times. Companies and individuals are behind it, and most of the time, they don’t have your best interest at heart. All you represent to them is one more data point at which they can direct resources to influence you to either buy what they’re selling or hear what they have to say.

Before I go on, let me state the obvious. I, too, am attempting to influence you, but I promise I have your best interest at heart.

As for your role as an influencer.

You will always be the most influential person you’ll ever meet. This might sound like an obvious statement, but you’d be surprised to learn just how many people subjugate their own influence over themselves and instead either rely on or fall under the influence of others.

Your role as an influencer over yourself requires a level of internal strength and boldness that can, at times, be difficult to maintain. It requires you to intentionally cultivate the sources of information you expose yourself to and then use them to advance your life in the direction you want it to go.

So, as you go about your day today, pay attention to all the influencers you make yourself available to. Ask yourself if whose best interest they have in mind and curtail your exposure accordingly. Leverage your power of influence over yourself to lead the life you want to live.

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